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Saranac Imperial IPA

Percentile
71
overall

bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
2473.27/5.03.25/5.0Special8.5%10.5Snifter, Tulip
Commercial Description:
The First in our series, Saranac Imperial IPA, is brewed with ten different malts and ten different hops to make a delectably flavored and complex Imperial IPA. AT 85 IBU's and 8.5% alc/vol This is a beer that is truly meant to be savored.
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 curly (648), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/514/20

Oct 29, 2009  
Pours hazy amber with a frothy beige head. Aroma is pine, coconut and lemon. Taste is more bitter with pine, grapefruit and is well balanced with malt. Medium body and a dry finish.

 yobdoog (1477), Woodridge NY, New York, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Dec 16, 2009  
Hazy golden color small white head. Aroma is bitter, pine and light citrus hops. Flavor has some metallic notes with a pine and earthy hop quality. Not overly hopped just too much lingering off bitterness. Not my type of DIPA. Also the alcohol was not really hidden well and stood out with the bitterness like cheap vodka.


 drseusszb200 (207), Florida, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
Dec 6, 2009  
draft at the ice house. poured golden wth a white head that faded very quickly. smelled of hops and grass. tasted of bitter hops that faded to a pretty plaine aftertaste. as for an imperial name its nothing way over the top. very drinkable


 jimhilt (1687), Bow, New Hampshire, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Nov 30, 2009  
Pours a three finger cream head that fades very slowly, leaving a good lace. Crystal clear amber color. Light-medium carbonation and medium bodied. Grapefruit hop nose. Flavor is almost sweet grapefruit, malts are nearly balancing the hops with a slight bitter finish. $1.58 for a 12oz bottle from Manchester Wine and Liquors Manchester, CT.


 tgncc (827), Bellmore, New York, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Nov 1, 2009  
I never thought i would come across an IIPA that wasn’t actually good. Aroma is malt, citrus, earth, perfume. The color is a dark orange, white head. The flavor is a bitter floral taste, some caramel, resin, almost like solvent. The finish is a strange resin bitter note, not quite pleasant. Silky medium/thick mouthfeel. Like most everything Saranac does - the idea is good, the execution is wanting.


 NJJereme (272), Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Oct 28, 2009  
12 oz. bottle. Pours a copper color with an off-white head. Aroma of grapefruit mostly. Taste also has grapefruit features and some maltiness. Certainly bitter on the finish. Medium bodied.


 Miksu (2232), Jyväskylä, Finland
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Oct 25, 2009  
0.355 l bottle at Stockholm Beer Festival 2009. Amber color. Thick perfumed hop aroma with mango and orange. Juicy hop flavor with mango, apricot, lemon and tart fruitiness. Nicy dryness. Good firm double IPA.


WLG423 (80), Connecticut, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Oct 24, 2009  
A floral and citrus aroma, pours out a nice dark brown with a long lasting caramel colored head. Medium body with citrus notes and a subtle malt character. Finish is long lasting with a hoppy after taste.



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